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~ Mayor Miller opened the public hearing. Jim Saul, 2780 Illinois Street, identified himself as a member of the SDC Task Force and spoke in favor of the proposed ordinance. He commented on the complicated nature of this issue and thanked the council for involving the community in a task force review. He noted that the draft ordinance reflects task force consensus and urged the council to approve the proposal. Mr. Saul also commented on the high-quality staff work that was involved throughout this issue. Sue Prichard, 2671 Emerald Street, identified herself as a commercial real estate broker and spoke in favor of the ordinance. She echoed Mr. Saul's comments with respect to the quality of the staff work involved. She said she is confident that the methodology used to calculate SDC charges is fair and appropriate for the commercial brokerage community and described this as a perfect example of how a community task force can work in everybody's fa- vor. e Bob Tate, 3130 Willakenzie Drive, noted that he served on the task force as a representative of the Home Builders Association and spoke in favor of the ordinance. He said that the task force represented a broad range of perspec- tives in the community and expressed appreciation for the opportunity to become involved in the process at the beginning. He said that the Home Builders Association fully supports the proposal that has been established. Douglas Moorehead, 1460 Flintridge Drive, testified against the proposal. He expressed his frustration with the process that was followed to create the proposal and noted that the procedural methodology that will be used to cal- culate SDCs is confusing. He noted that as a developer, the recommended rate increases will result in SDC increases greater than 100 percent for his project. Regarding the criterion that SDCs be equivalent with other communi- ties in the state, Mr. Moorehead emphasized that Eugene is economically dif- ferent from Portland and said that local developers cannot afford to compete under the same SDC rates. He urged denial of the proposal. Mayor Miller indicated that a letter in support of the ordinance was received from the Chamber of Commerce. There being no additional requests to speak, the public hearing was closed. CB 4307--An ordinance regarding systems development charges; amending Sections 7.010 and 7.065 of the Eugene Code, 1971; adding Sections 7.407 and 7.700 through 7.740 to that code; repealing Sections 7.275 through 7.285, 7.245 and subparagraph 7.174(2){b)5d of that code; and declaring an emergency. Mr. Boles moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, that the bill, with unanimous consent of the council, be read the second time by council bill number only, and that enactment be considered at e MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 13, 1991 Page 8